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Epidemiology of Crohn's disease in southern Israel.

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1994

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H.S. Odes, Chaim Locker, Luitgard M. Neumann, H. Zirkin, Zvi Weizman, Ami D. Sperber, Gerald Fraser, Pavel Krugliak, Nava Gaspar, Leslie Eidelman
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Abstract

The data show that Crohn's disease has become more common in Jews in Israel, losing ethnic differences of frequency, and that it occurs at a younger age than before. In Arabs, the disease is more rare.